| Date: | Monday 4 August 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Avianca |
| Registration: | HK-115 |
| MSN: | 10500 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 68 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Santiago Airport (SCU) -
 Cuba
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Santa Marta-Simón Bolívar Airport (SMR/SKSM) |
| Riohacha-Almirante Padilla Airport (RCH/SKRH) |
A Douglas DC-4 was hijacked by three passengers, shortly after takeoff from Santa Marta-Simón Bolívar Airport (SMR). They demanded to be taken to Cuba.
A refueling stop was made at Barranquilla before the plane continued to Santiago Airport (SCU), Cuba.
Sources:
El Tiempo - 6 Ago 1969
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 June 1971 | HK-115 | Avianca | 0 | Medellín-Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) |  |
non |
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